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Taipei Medical University (TMU) celebrated the 60th anniversary of founding on October 30, 2020, with more than 450 dignitaries, professors, students and alumni joining the diamond jubilee.
Commending TMU’s expertise in medical and biotechnology industries, Board of Trustees Chairman Wen-Chang Chang (張文昌 ) noted TMU’s apt application of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data in medicine, as well as its execution of the Digital Transformation project to provide precision medical care in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care services, thereby supporting the government’s comprehensive health policies. In terms of teaching, research and medical services, TMU will continue rising to the challenge to inject innovation in our discoveries in science and technology and contribute to the needs of future medical fields for the well-being of people in Taiwan.
TMU President Chien-Huang Lin envisoned TMU’s future endeavor as it marches on for the next 60 years, including solving practical problems in health sciences through its education and research, making an impact on the society with medical innovation, and driving the socioeconomic development in its role as a world-leading university.
Taiwan’s Vice President Ching-Te Lai (賴清德) highly praised TMU for its contribution toTaiwan’s international medical diplomacy over the past years. The University’s involvement includes operating several medical missions, training in-country health professionals and stationing medical staff in Taiwan’s allies, such as the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. These actions fully reflected a borderless humanitarian spirit that is deeply rooted in the education ethos of the University.
Deputy Minister Jui-Yuan Hsueh (薛瑞元) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a graduate of TMU in 1979,, recalled of his college years when the Taipei Medical University Hospital was still under construction. Four decades later, TMU now has 6 affiliated hospitals under different operating models, including independent operation, OT and BOT. He also appreciated the collective efforts of many TMU alumni, who have been working relentlessly to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic with the government.
Academician Yuan-Tseh Lee (李遠哲) of the Academia Sinica praised that TMU has become a pivotal university both at home and abroad. When he attended TMU’s 50th Anniversary Celebration 10 years ago, Academician Lee was focusing on the issue of global warming: today the world is facing a declared state of climate emergency. He expects that TMU will be able to heal people worldwide and the earth as well.
Many of TMU’s international partners and friends also sent their regards through videos, such as the University of California, San Diego, Case Western Reserve University, Georgia State University, Hokkaido University, Kyushu University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Western Sydney University in Australia, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, as well as Nobel laureate Professor Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University. These message demonstrates TMU’s extensive global network and the long-standing partnerships as a result of solid collaboration.
